User blog:LegionZero/Everything We Know about DMC5 So Far

PLOT
DMC5 takes place several years after DMC4, not DMC2
 * DMC5 Official Website
 * Devil May Cry 5 - Gameplay and Interview With Hideaki Itsuno

DMC5 direct sequel to DMC4, not DMC2
 * Devil May Cry 5 - Gameplay and Interview With Hideaki Itsuno

Red Grave City is being invaded by demons.
 * E3 2018: Announcing Devil May Cry 5, coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in Spring 2019

The demon tree is at the epicenter of the attack. The demon tree is also the crux of DMC5’s story.
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (3:20)

The black guy in the beginning of the trailer is Morisson from the anime.
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (2:25)

The demon in the beginning of the trailer with the blue eye is 26 feet tall
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (4:00)

NERO
Dante gifted Nero a neon Devil May Cry sign and Nero put it on his van


 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (4:48)


 * Devil May Cry 5 - Gameplay and Interview With Hideaki Itsuno

Nero chose to put it on the van to make his office mobile
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (6:55)


 * Devil May Cry 5 - Gameplay and Interview With Hideaki Itsuno

Nero’s cybernetic arms are called Devil Breakers


 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (10:06)

The Devil Breakers actually break in combat and Nero has a receptacle around his waist so he can easily replace them.
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (8:57)

The Devil Breakers will have different powers/abilities.
 * E3 2018: Announcing Devil May Cry 5, coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in Spring 2019

NICO
Nero’s new partner goes by the name Nico.
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (6:25)


 * E3 2018: Announcing Devil May Cry 5, coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in Spring 2019

Her full name is Nicoletta Goldstein


 * Capcom livestream:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImxZPw4TMbI


 * Translation: https://twitter.com/Seshalicious/status/1009403463170772992

Nico an expert weapons craftswoman.
 * E3 2018: Announcing Devil May Cry 5, coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in Spring 2019

Nico is the granddaughter of Nell Goldstein.
 * https://twitter.com/devilmaycry_jp/status/1006002001648291842

DEVELOPMENT
DMC5 has been in development since 2014
 * Itsuno’s twitter

The dev team was fully formed in 2015
 * Original Famitsu article
 * Translation

DMC5 uses Capcom’s RE engine
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (5:55)

Itsuno brought back as many of the DMC3 and DMC4 team as possible. Shimomura is directing the action sequences, he directed the sequences from 3 and 4
 * DMC5 Xbox E3 Live Interview (7:50)

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